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Defection? I'm probably missing something about the context - people will defect from USA if they win and authorities will want to prevent it?

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>This term is also applied, often pejoratively, to anyone who switches loyalty to another religion, sports team, political party, or other rival faction(themself). In that sense, the defector is often considered a traitor by their original side.

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